His eyes opened slowly. He could feel a heavy weight still persisting somewhere in his brain, making his head hurt. At the same time, he could feel extreme lightness in his head.He was sitting on a chair, hard and wooden. He could sense the smell of smoke coming all the way from somewhere, and he could hear loud noises ringing in the farthest depths of his brain.Forcing those two eyes open, a familiar figure was right before him in a similar position as his. Strapped to the chair with ropes so thick, and barely unconscious."Jack?" Hermes managed to utter, but the words were too faint to get to the man. He tried to move, but he could feel his hands held in place behind him, tightly bound together by a strong hold.Then the noises came again, this time in the form of a continuous thunderous rumble, rising and lowering with an irregular pattern. Then he knew the noise was not from his head, but from above.He looked up, examining the form of the roof below which they were being held.
The shadow approached further and soon enough, a figure was standing between the two sides of the door.It was no strange figure, Hermes realized. He stared again to be sure, but there was no way he could mistake the face for any reason, not even in that darkness."You?" He muttered, shocked and perhaps unwilling to accept this clear fact before him."You know him too?" He could hear Jack's voice from a distance even though the later was seated right in front of him.And then Dan's voice came to him as well just as the man at the door started walking towards them. Dan said, "I told you, Hermes. You have met with him before, even though you do not know it".The figure approached closer and finally came to stand directly before Hermes, just a few metres away. As Hermes would expect, it did not seem to be because he was scared that Hermes would miraculously set himself free and take his life. He just stood there, wearing an half satisfied expression and perhaps taking pleasure in the sce
So it had been with Rachel all along, this was a suprise to Hermes. One that struck him in his heart as well as shattered his pride. "Your wife, you say. So she knows about the gold too", Swiss said with his eyes wide open as if they were the ones to receive the answer and not his ears."My wife has no idea what the drive contains. I only gave it to her to safe keep it for me." Jack protested, quite aware of Swiss's direction to reasoning. But nothing that he would say could change Swiss's mind about his next point of action."I have always found relationships to be an impossible feat. You know why?" He asked in rhetorics and without waiting for response, he continued. "Because there is always a conflict between the concept of love and the concept of trust. She loves you, so you don't expect that she will check what is in the drive? But you love her too, so why can she not check what you gave to her, why is there a problem with it? Afterall, you have both now become one in the union!
The sun showered the last of its rays on the once beautiful now old infirmary in the city of Caveliona. A vehicle pushes its way past the terrible street road, rolling quite carefully until it came to settle right before the hospital."Be careful with crashing into the holes, Mark. If this little man breaks down, I might have to make you pay for damages". Sniff headed out of the vehicle, seconded by his assistant. Exiting the vehicle, Sniff took his quick observations of the old hospital. "You sure this place still works?" He asked his assistant."Yes, detective", I once came here to see a friend of mine. This is the best hospital in this place. Detective Sniff chewed his tongue. "What kind of friend lives in this weird city? And there I was, thinking that Crescent was the worst place that exists in this country. This is worst than they write in the books"."Books are easily outdated, sir. That is why the internet keeps being updated". Mark hinted out, perhaps glad to make this poin
"Oh my God, you freaking cop!" Howard stuttered, aware that he had just led the man before him to the conclusive part of his investigation.The detective chose to smile again, directing the stack of photographs into a little bag that he had with him."Did you just trick me into giving you information? You damned agent of the uniform!""Mr Howard", he said. "As much as I would love to appreciate you for letting the cat out of the bag, I still have to observe that you sound a bit suspicious and unwilling. Why sir? Is it that you do not want this man here to get justice for his killer or were you also a part of this murder?"The reply began with glooming red eyes of anger, followed by a dark version of the thickened voice. "You do not call me a murderer! You do not try to make me a criminal!""Well, that is what I thought", the detective said, drawing out the cold dead body from its chilly abode. "And if that is the case, I am sure you will have no problem telling more about this Hermes"
"Titan!""Destroyer!""Titan!""Destroy him!"Hermes struggled to lift himself from the floor of the five sided ring of death. Titan was approaching from the outside, surrounded by his rogue team of supporters and as they all walked down the walkway from the entrance, the most enthusiastic of his rogue fans held out their hands in joyful lust for the feel of his muscles.And with every successful touch came a loud scream of lungs, the women were crazy but the men were even worse. The male voices greeted Titan's ear with every step he took."Kill him!""Don't let him survive!""I bet my money on you, do not fail me this time"."What are you saying?", Another man said, showering praises on Titan. "He is gonna kill that one easily, can't you see the pathetic fellow? Weak and used up even before the sound of the bell! This match has ended already!"They all laughed hard, pointing at Hermes at the centre of the ring where he still struggled to find his feet.Up above the ring, in a special
The noises remained persistent, rising with every second that passed. It seemed everyone had eventually forgotten that it was a contest. The crowd was roaring continuously and the spectators were beaming with smiles with no one in doubt that Titan's reign would still remain intact by the end of this duel. It was now the perfect time to strike.The weary expression could be seen in Titan's face. He was not the same giant who walked like a demon into that ground, he now looked tired and exhausted and perhaps thought it was time to end this entire joke and give himself some rest.After being thrown all around for almost an hour, everyone expected that Hermes should be the weakest man in that dungeon. But not all thoughts are true in actual fact, especially when it came to taking a beating. Hermes had learnt to endure the severest forms of torture while still reserving his strength for contest. It was very simple, like the American super hero would say; He could do this all day!"Finish h
The silence remained for a while, before a loud voice came to take its place. The loudest voice to be heard since that cold silent night took its place in the stead of the daylight."And your winner! The new king of death! Your next prince of the street of fire! He is... Tiger!"A man clothed in black from his head to the sole of his feet slipped into the ring. He grabbed Hermes at his right hand, and raised it into the air only to be welcomed by the violent rumbles which suddenly took rapport among the frustrated crowd."This is crazy!" A man protested. "Titan is still breathing!!! This punk has not even won yet!!!"But even Titan would not agree with him. Wasted in the centre of the five sided ring, he lay flat and half conscious with his body bulging upwards everytime he took a new breath. There was not a doubt; he could not compete anymore."Titan is done, man", one other man said. "He is really outdone this time". Up above the wave of lowly confusion sat the exalted spectators i